History 21 The Podcast - 6.02 Anoka County Court House

The first County Commissioner meeting in 1857 voted to “receive proposals for locating County Buildings.” It took 20 years before they broke ground - hear the story of Anoka County’s Courthouse.

Join hosts Sara Given, ACHS Volunteer Coordinator, and Rebecca Desens, ACHS Executive Director, as they share this intriguing story.

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Anoka County Court House

Look through the gallery of photographs to see images of:

• original Anoka County Courthouse

• Courthouse room and county offices

• Construction of the new government center along 4th ave behind the Old Courthouse

• Destruction of the original building

Library Minute

Check out the following list of library resources on our legal system.

Courthouses

• Anoka County Law Library Located in the Anoka County Government Center

• Courthouses of Minnesota by Ohman, Doug  (725.1509776 OHM)

• Minnesota Courthouses  by Gilbertson, Victor (725.15 GIL)

• Your Ancestors in the County Courthouse (eVideo – Kanopy)

The Law

• The Government Encyclopedia by  Mooney, Carla (J320 MOO)

•  The Greatest Sentence Ever Written by Isaacson, Walter  (973.313 ISA)

• We the People: a history of the U.S. Constitution by Lepore, Jill  (342.73 LEP)

• Law and Order Under Democracy (eVideo – Kanopy)

 Judges, Juries, & Trials

• 12 Angry Men  (DVD TWE)

• 12 Angry Men (eVideo – Kanopy)

• Her Honor: my life on the bench ... what works, what's broken, and how to change it  by  Cordell, LaDoris H  (921 COR)

• Judging Juries  (eVideo – Kanopy)

• Jury Duty  by  Chang, Kirsten  (E347.73 CHA)

• Kids Go To Court  (eVideo – Kanopy)